Richard D. Abramson

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Richard D. Abramson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard D. Abramson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Infectious Diseases and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Richard D. Abramson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). Richard D. Abramson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). Richard D. Abramson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard D. Abramson's co-authors include David H. Gelfand, R. R. Watson, Pamela M. Holland, William C. Merrick, Robert E. Thach, T. Glen Lawson, J. Grifo, Bimal K. Ray, Thomas Dever and Carol Satler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Richard D. Abramson

18 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Detection of specific polymerase chain reaction product by utilizing the 5'----3' exonuclease activity of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase.

1991 2.0k citations Pamela M. Holland, Richard D. Abramson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard D. Abramson United States	14	2.4k	448	357	310	303	18	3.4k
Randy Rasmussen United States	10	1.5k 0.6×	245 0.5×	319 0.9×	278 0.9×	272 0.9×	10	2.7k
Norbert Roos Norway	31	1.3k 0.5×	432 1.0×	430 1.2×	239 0.8×	463 1.5×	72	3.4k
Wojciech Rychlik United States	20	1.8k 0.8×	428 1.0×	264 0.7×	472 1.5×	136 0.4×	32	2.6k
Dennis G. Kleid United States	18	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 2.3×	567 1.6×	461 1.5×	216 0.7×	30	4.1k
Egon Amann Germany	21	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 2.7×	558 1.6×	253 0.8×	144 0.5×	46	3.9k
Carole A. Foy United Kingdom	28	2.0k 0.8×	319 0.7×	338 0.9×	237 0.8×	384 1.3×	64	3.6k
Andreas Gruber Austria	31	4.1k 1.7×	368 0.8×	356 1.0×	403 1.3×	230 0.8×	47	5.7k
Maria J. Ruiz‐Echevarría United States	24	2.3k 0.9×	674 1.5×	396 1.1×	216 0.7×	129 0.4×	35	3.1k
H. Frank Germany	28	1.1k 0.5×	732 1.6×	496 1.4×	313 1.0×	275 0.9×	57	2.6k
Ruud Jansen Netherlands	29	2.2k 0.9×	529 1.2×	553 1.5×	280 0.9×	451 1.5×	59	3.7k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Resnick, Matthew J., Margarita Lopatin, Neal D. Shore, et al.. (2016). Abstract 14: Analysis of tumor DNA in urine as a highly sensitive liquid biopsy for patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Clinical Cancer Research. 22(1_Supplement). 14–14. 1 indexed citations

Saiki, Randall K., et al.. (1993). High-level expression, purification, and enzymatic characterization of full-length Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase and a truncated form deficient in 5' to 3' exonuclease activity.. Genome Research. 2(4). 275–287. 178 indexed citations

Abramson, Richard D. & Thomas W. Myers. (1993). Nucleic acid amplification technologies. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 4(1). 41–47. 28 indexed citations

Abramson, Richard D., et al.. (1991). Characterization of the human argininosuccinate lyase gene and analysis of exon skipping. Genomics. 10(1). 126–132. 26 indexed citations

Holland, Pamela M., Richard D. Abramson, R. R. Watson, & David H. Gelfand. (1991). Detection of specific polymerase chain reaction product by utilizing the 5'----3' exonuclease activity of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(16). 7276–7280. 2027 indexed citations breakdown →

Lawson, T. Glen, et al.. (1989). Dissociation of double stranded polynucleotide helical structures by eukaryotic initiation factors, as revealed by a novel assay. Biochemistry. 28(11). 4729–4734. 76 indexed citations

Abramson, Richard D., et al.. (1988). Induction of eIF‐4E phosphorylation by the addition of L‐pyrroline‐5‐carboxylic acid to rabbit reticulocyte lysate. FEBS Letters. 236(2). 484–488. 2 indexed citations

Haas, David W., et al.. (1988). Identification of a protein kinase activity in rabbit reticulocytes that phosphorylates the mRNA cap binding protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 153(1). 340–346. 15 indexed citations

Abramson, Richard D., et al.. (1988). Phosphorylation of the p220 subunit of eIF-4F by cAMP dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C in vitro. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 153(3). 925–932. 10 indexed citations

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Abramson, Richard D., Thomas Dever, & William C. Merrick. (1988). Biochemical evidence supporting a mechanism for cap-independent and internal initiation of eukaryotic mRNA.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(13). 6016–6019. 75 indexed citations

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Lawson, T. Glen, et al.. (1988). Discriminatory interaction of purified eukaryotic initiation factors 4F plus 4A with the 5' ends of reovirus messenger RNAs.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(15). 7266–7276. 40 indexed citations

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Abramson, Richard D., Karen Browning, Thomas Dever, et al.. (1988). Initiation factors that bind mRNA. A comparison of mammalian factors with wheat germ factors.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(11). 5462–5467. 52 indexed citations

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Abramson, Richard D., Thomas Dever, T. Glen Lawson, et al.. (1987). The ATP-dependent interaction of eukaryotic initiation factors with mRNA.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 262(8). 3826–3832. 187 indexed citations

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Anthony, Donald D., et al.. (1986). Affinity labeling of protein synthesis factors. Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States). 46(21). 8836–42. 1 indexed citations

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Lawson, T. Glen, Bimal K. Ray, J. Grifo, et al.. (1986). Influence of 5' proximal secondary structure on the translational efficiency of eukaryotic mRNAs and on their interaction with initiation factors.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(30). 13979–13989. 129 indexed citations

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Ray, Bimal K., T. Glen Lawson, Richard D. Abramson, William C. Merrick, & Robert E. Thach. (1986). Recycling of messenger RNA cap-binding proteins mediated by eukaryotic initiation factor 4B.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(25). 11466–11470. 38 indexed citations

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Ray, Bimal K., T. Glen Lawson, Judit Krámer, et al.. (1985). ATP-dependent unwinding of messenger RNA structure by eukaryotic initiation factors.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(12). 7651–7658. 352 indexed citations

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Grifo, J., Richard D. Abramson, Carol Satler, & William C. Merrick. (1984). RNA-stimulated ATPase activity of eukaryotic initiation factors.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(13). 8648–8654. 182 indexed citations

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